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Seventy Minutes (Election 2020 Edition): What to Expect, What it Means, and Where America Goes from Here

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Barbara Adams, Esquire
David Buck, Executive Vice President, Philadelphia Phillies
Michael C. Carbone, Regional President Metro PA/NJ Market, TD Bank
Thomas A. Decker, Esquire, Vice Chairman, Cozen O'Connor
Thomas A. Hutton, Esquire, SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Independence Blue Cross
Philip Jaurigue, Chairman and Founder, Sabre Systems, Inc.
Eric Kraeutler, Esquire, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Laura LaRosa, Executive Director of Client Development & Managing Director, Glenmede, Glenmede
Adam E. Laver, Esquire, Partner, Blank Rome LLP
Nancy R. Peterson, Esquire, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Allied Universal Security Services
Megan Shaeffer, Policy and Program Fellow, Committee of Seventy
Michael R. Stiles, Chairman of the Board, Committee of Seventy
David Thornburgh, President & CEO, Committee of Seventy